Sirocco: a hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the Mediterranean to Europe

1. mainland: a region or country’s main landmass

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   sirocco: a hot, dry wind from North Africa that blows across the Mediterranean to Europe.
   
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   city-states: self-governing cities, such as those of ancient Greece
   
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   mosaics: pictures created from tiny pieces of colored stone
   
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   pope: the bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic Church
   
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   Renaissance: French word meaning “rebirth” and referring to a new era of learning that began in Europe in the 1300s
   
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   coalition governments: governments in which several political parties join together to run a country
   
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   Moors: Muslim North Africans
   
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   dialect: a variation of a language
   
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    cork: the bark stripped from a certain type of oak tree and often used as stoppers and insulation